Silicon Milkroundabout is a series of
job fair
A job fair, also commonly referred to as a job expo or career fair or career expo, is an event in which employers, recruiters, and schools give information to potential employees. Job seekers attend job fairs to speak face-to-face with potential e ...
s held in London
and Edinburgh
for the UK tech start-up community.
The event's name is a portmanteau of
Silicon Roundabout
East London Tech City (also known as Tech City and Silicon Roundabout) is a Science park, technology cluster of high-tech companies located in East London, United Kingdom. Its main area lies broadly between St Luke's, London, St Luke's and Hackney ...
and the
Milk round The milkround is the term commonly used in the UK to describe the semester of companies touring colleges each year, in order to advertise their companies and recruit students.
An online university student website is also called Milkround, which is ...
university recruiting events.
History
The company was founded by Cristiana Camisotti,
Ian Hogarth
Ian Hogarth is the co-founder and chairman of Songkick.
Hogarth studied Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cambridge.
Songkick
Hogarth founded live music startup Songkick with friends Michelle You and Pete Smith in 2007. Smith and Ho ...
, and Pete Smith - the latter two are also the founders of
Songkick
Songkick is a concert discovery service owned by Warner Music Group. The service allows users to search for upcoming concert events in their area, and also track individual artists to receive notifications of upcoming shows in their area. It also p ...
- in 2011. Its inaugural event took place in a pub with 40 start-up companies. The initiative was supported by
David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He previously served as Leader o ...
's initiative
Tech City
East London Tech City (also known as Tech City and Silicon Roundabout) is a technology cluster of high-tech companies located in East London, United Kingdom. Its main area lies broadly between St Luke's and Hackney Road, with an accelerator spac ...
.
The event was expanded into Scotland in 2015 as Silicon Milkroundabout Scotland 1.0. This event was held in Edinburgh with 40 companies and 450 attendees.
The intention of the business was to attract
computer science
Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...
talent to the startup community, in response to a high number of vacancies in the tech start-up sector.
Events
Events are held biannually in London and Edinburgh, and attendees are required to go through an application process to attend. Events are free for job seekers with a ticket to attend. While events are typically aimed at mid to senior level technology professionals, a separate event is now held for graduates.
The event taking place in April 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
.[https://www.siliconmilkroundabout.com/readme/next-event/silicon-milkroundabout-april-2020-postponed-to-november-2020/]
References
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External links
Official site
Silicon Milkroundabout Flickr page
Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom
Recruitment
Computer occupations
Science and technology in London
Graduate recruitment